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    The surname Perras

    A surname, carried by 1,181 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex P620

    Perras: #21,972 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Perras #21,972, 1,181 people Perras: #21,972 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Perras #21,972, 1,181 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Perras is more common than 86.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,181 people named Perras in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

    #21,972
    rank among US surnames
    1,181
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,243)

    Who is named Perras

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    85% of people named Perras identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 5.8% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 85%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 5.8%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Perras

    Perras has the Soundex code P620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P620.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Perras?
    1,181 people in the United States had the surname Perras in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 261,427 Americans. It ranked 21,972nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Perras?
    In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Perras identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Perras getting more or less common?
    More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,181 in 2010, up 22%.